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HEBDEN BRIDGE, an urban district of the West Riding of Yorkshire, England, 7 m. W. by N. of Halifax by the L.M.S. railway. Pop. 6,312; area 476 acres. The town is situated in a well-wooded steep-sided valley, at the confluence of Hebden Water and the river Calder, and surrounded by wild moorland country. Cotton factories, dye works, foundries and shuttle manu factories provide occupation.